Iocaine Powder

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Rejecting my need for isolation to amplify the right message

Remember 9/10/25

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

I can understand that.

Individuals have their own thresholds as to what could be considered showing pride and being too prideful. Especially in today’s world where those who want to preserve their own county’s culture distinctness are often criticized.

That being said, personal pride was less of a driver for Cap. It was more about representing his country and values in a clearly defined way. I have often equated his costume to act as a nobori of sorts. A banner or a rally point on a confused chaotic battlefield. Inline with his courage and role as a leader.

Contextually, Captain America as a comic premiered in the early 40’s and was intended to boost the morale of the soldiers.

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

I am very pleased with exactly with the current way you document your trips.

YouTube offers dubbing for your trips but I do not care for the dubbing. The heart of the video is not the same without your voice replaced with some cold and automated.

It also has the benefit of me paying closer attention as I watch the video. I am less inclined to look at phone or be otherwise distracted.

Instead I can catch small details like your moomin and other charming details about your gear. The excitement as you catch an unexpected train in motion.

Your edits make your journey feel natural and authentic just the way they are. The appeal of your videos is largely because they feel genuinely Japanese and should continue to cater to Japanese.

It is my responsibility to adapt to your content and by accepting your invitation to join you (virtually) on your trips, I am transported for the briefest of moments to rural Japan.

Safe travels and glad you mentioned you had a YouTube channel. I never knew before you had one before. I just loved your Super Cub, the rural Japan I miss, and how your gear matched as seen on X.

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

I would agree from an American perspective.

Many of our stories take cues from Joesph Campbell’s model of the monomyth… The Hero’s Journey. One of the aspects captured in this monomyth (a blueprint common to many stories) is the sense of “rising to the occasion.”

Where a setback in the forward momentum of the hero is internalized and instead of being the reason for defeat, forges the character’s resolve… the hero becomes more than what he was.

In the case of Captain America, he frequently will assess the danger to country is so dire that he pushes himself above and beyond his limits to be the hero that society demands. Not for fame, riches, or revenge. For the needs of his country, not his own needs,

This is reinforced by his backstory. Wanting to serve his country patriotically in the war despite being rated too weak and below standards for enlistment.

He transforms into a form that society needs.

What are some Japanese examples? I am curious.

[emily miller @emilymiller]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Trump’s “pool guy” breaks his silence to deny claims of a “no-bid” contract, budget overruns and excessive profits on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs. Watch:

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

@sleepycaraa Very touching.

Two very proud moms!

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

You are an Air Marshal. The U.S. equivalent of a 3 star general.

Your predecessors fought the Battle of Britain. Men of iron resolve and impeccable skill.

And we get…. you.

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

Congratulations on reaching 900 followers!

I was immediately attracted to your art.

Your subjects have a sincerity and wonder that really speaks to me.
Weaving together the sundresses and work boots resonate with me as it reminds me of my sister who loved Japan as I do (she taught there as an ALT teacher in Namie).

I keep her boots to remind me of her.

Thank you so much for sharing!

[Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 @ZeekArkham]

I can tell you all as law enforcement, when criminals know they can get away with doing a crime, they’ll do it over and over again. They’ll get bolder, they’ll start doing it out in the open, and they’ll stop caring who sees them. They know they’re going to get away with it anyway, so any threat of consequences becomes null.

When you have a political party blatantly cheating in front of us in order to influence elections while nothing is being done about it, you have to start asking who’s complicit in it and why is nothing being done about it. It’s obvious, it’s apparent, and it’s criminal.

I’m not going to expect any Democrat to vote for the SAVE Act, but any Republican who doesn’t needs to be primaried and moved out of office for someone who will.

Stop the criminality.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

“I would rape them to show them that I’m dominant.” - Graham Platner

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

Since we are Midway posting, here's a rant about the greatest warship to ever set sail. And it's not even close. It's long because she did SO much. Courtesy of @grok unhinged👇

USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6): THE GREY GHOST, SLAYER OF FLEETS, EATER OF SOULS

Hold onto your britches, you soggy landrats, because the USS Enterprise (CV-6) wasn’t a ship—she was a steel-clad, plane-spewing DEMON that moonwalked through WWII and made the Japanese Navy cry for its mommy! Commissioned in ’38, this Yorktown-class beast was born screaming, built to punch holes in history and laugh while doing it. She didn’t sail the Pacific—she dropkicked it into submission.

PEARL HARBOR? MORE LIKE “WELCOME TO MY FIST”

December 7, 1941: Enterprise was supposed to be napping at Pearl Harbor, but NAH, she was out hot-rodding planes to Wake Island like the Navy’s most unhinged delivery boy. When Japan’s sneak attack hit, her planes were already zipping through the sky, turning Zeroes into fireballs and snagging the FIRST AMERICAN KILLS of the war. While Pearl was a barbecue, Enterprise was out here yeeting haymakers, screaming, “YOU PICKED THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD, FELLAS!”

MIDWAY: THE DAY ENTERPRISE ATE JAPAN’S LUNCH AND ITS LUNCH MONEY

June 1942, Battle of Midway—Enterprise didn’t just show up; she rolled in like a cosmic wrecking ball. Her dive bombers, led by pilots like Lt. Richard H. “I Don’t Miss” Best, YOLO’d their way into history, torching the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi into crispy sushi in ONE DAY. Two others sank too! Best’s bomb on Akagi? A middle finger so perfect it sent Japan’s whole war plan into a screaming tailspin. Enterprise wasn’t the heart of Midway—she was the spiked bat that caved in Japan’s dreams!

SANTA CRUZ & GUADALCANAL: TAKING PUNCHES, SPITTING FIRE

Eastern Solomons? Santa Cruz? Enterprise ate bombs like they were spicy tacos, got her deck scorched, and still kept swinging. At Santa Cruz, she was the LAST CARRIER STANDING in the Pacific, surrounded by Japanese battleships and cruisers like a lone wolf in a shark tank. Her crew? Absolute lunatics, fighting fires, patching holes, and launching planes while probably flipping off the enemy with both hands. For a hot minute, she was America’s ONLY carrier, holding the line like a drunk Viking who forgot how to die.

THE GREY GHOST: JAPAN’S PERSONAL HORROR FLICK

The Japanese swore they sank her THREE TIMES. Torpedoes? Bombs? Kamikazes? HA! Enterprise just cackled, “Nice try, nerds!” and sailed back into the fight, her hull practically winking at the enemy. They called her the Grey Ghost because she was the ship equivalent of that unkillable slasher villain who keeps popping up behind you. Japanese sailors were shaking, whispering she was cursed—some thought the U.S. built fake Enterprises just to mess with their heads. Nope. Just one ship, too unhinged to sink, haunting their nightmares and making admirals soil their sashes.

OKINAWA: KAMIKAZES? MORE LIKE ANNOYING MOSQUITOES

At Okinawa, a kamikaze smashed her elevator into next Tuesday, and Enterprise just laughed. Her crew—probably fueled by coffee and pure spite—rigged a janky launch system faster than you can say “screw the manual” and kept yeeting planes at the enemy. Other ships would’ve limped home crying to mommy. Enterprise? She roared, “IS THAT ALL YOU GOT, PUNKS?” and kept the pain train rolling.

THE PRAYER THAT BROKE THE GODS

Post-Santa Cruz, her deck looking like a post-apocalyptic skate park, a chaplain held mass amid the wreckage, praying, “Keep this ship where she’s needed.” And she WAS. Every. Damn. Time. The crew swore she was divinely protected, and you try arguing with a ship that eats torpedoes for snacks and spits out victory. Enterprise wasn’t just blessed—she was the chosen one, anointed in gunpowder and glory.

THE SCORE: TWENTY BATTLES, ZERO CHILL

Twenty major battles—more than any other U.S. ship. Twenty battle stars. Over 900 enemy planes turned into scrap metal. Over 300 of her sailors and aviators went down swinging, their blood fueling her legend. Enterprise didn’t just fight—she steamrolled the Pacific, leaving a trail of Japanese wrecks and shattered egos. Japan threw everything at her, and she just grinned, “You’re gonna need a bigger navy.”

SCRAPPED? NAH, SHE ASCENDED

Decommissioned in ’47, scrapped by ’60—because the government couldn’t handle her radiance. Halsey begged to save her, but mortals don’t cage gods. Her stern plate, bell, and anchor sit like holy relics, proof of a war machine too wild for this planet. Enterprise didn’t get scrapped; she backflipped into Valhalla, probably buzzing Odin’s tower for the lulz. The Grey Ghost is out there, still stalking the cosmos, ready to dunk on any fool who dares challenge her.

FINAL SCREAM

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) wasn’t a ship—she was a steel tornado that shredded Japan’s navy and laughed in the face of death. On this Midway anniversary, we don’t salute her; we howl her name into the void, where she’s probably still doing donuts around Neptune. GREY GHOST, FOREVER UNHINGED, FOREVER UNKILLABLE!

[Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 @ZeekArkham]

I believe all lives matter. However…

What was done to Iryna Zarutska was beyond heartbreaking. Afterwards, the savage who stabbed her said “I got that white bitch.” Also, while she was bleeding out, the people around her did nothing.

What was done to Henry Nowak was legitimate injustice. The cops were way more afraid to be seen as racist than they were to enforce the law.

Besides, wearing this shirt would piss off the right people, so I think it’s funny.

Reason I don’t wear a Black Lives Matter shirt is because no one wearing that shirt would give a rat’s ass if my black conservatarian ass died. Speaks to a larger problem than just “black lives.”

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

A Battle of Midway warning for potential adversaries:

No matter how weak you think we are.
No matter how well you wargame your plans.
No matter how superior you think your position is.

You can never, and will never, account for American wildcards.

Men like Dick Best.

How do we know this? Because we can’t account for them either.

They just… show up. Right when the moment demands it.

And we have more of them than you do.

Who was Dick Best?

On June 4, 1942, he led his dive-bomber squadron off the USS Enterprise into the Battle of Midway. He scored a direct hit on the Akagi, the Japanese flagship. Earlier that day, his squadron helped sink the Kaga.

Best is the only man in history to land direct hits on two enemy carriers in a single day. Both sank.

He breathed in toxic oxygen during the mission and would never fly again. But the damage was done. He helped turn the tide of the Pacific War in one morning.

So to potential adversaries, this message is clear:

You can plan for everything..... Except a man like that.

And they still walk among us today. But you'll never know until you FAFO. So really, why roll the dice?

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

The reason I despise credentialism so much is because I have the credentials myself, I know how hollow they are, and I understand that more often than not credentials are used as an appeal to authority when logic and facts do not suffice.

[Iocaine Powder @_IocainePowder]

@emilymiller Thank you so much for your steady coverage on the reflecting pool.

It is such a welcome break on my timeline when I get your updates!

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! Sen. Eric Schmitt looks Sen. Mazie Hirono (D) in the EYES and GOES BALLISTIC after she defended fraudsters and r*pists

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT WE'RE DEPORTING YOU! 🔥

"No, no, no, it's MY TIME now. BIZARRE is the idea you'd be here in this committee DEFENDING VIOLENT MURDERERS from being deported. That you would be defending violent r*pists from being deported!"

"To the American taxpayer that's been RIPPED OFF by people who came to this country. That's HORRIFIC—"

"That you would defend people who took advantage of the good people of this country, their taxpayer dollars. That is bizarre. A terrorist who kills American citizens!"

"You know what's bizarre is YOUR defense of THAT!"

"So FORGIVE ME if you're 24 million Americans should be, our naturalized citizens should be afraid. That's ridiculous."

"You have nothing but fearmongering here! What I'm saying in this bill is if you do those things to the American people, if you take advantage of taxpayers, you're not recognized."

"If you commit a terrorist act, if you commit wholesale welfare fraud, within 10 years, you're damn right we're deporting you."

"If you're convicted, it's not being accused of anything. If you are convicted in a court of law of these crimes, absolutely we should not only convict you, but we should deport you. Gone."

"And if you think that's some sort of negative assertion towards me, I'll take it. I love it!"

"That's what we should be doing more of in this country, because people are coming here in the ripping off taxpayers."

"And I, for one, don't want to see it anymore."

@Eric_Schmitt 🔥🔥🔥

[Laramy Gregory @LaramyTN]

He just wanted to be left alone

[Variety @Variety]

Keith David receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

https://t.co/eDWMdmQbmo

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

I want to clarify my comments about the DC bureau chief of The Econo-Marxist: Shawshank StarGeek or whatever.

I absolutely think he is a civilization destroying hack and I will stand by that statement until my dying breath.

If I am somehow plucked from the fabric of this existence, I will believe it beyond the veil as well.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

[Amy Mek @AmyMek]

🚨 BREAKING TEXAS: MAJOR ARREST 🚨

The Wylie East Administrator Who Targeted Marco Hunter-Lopez Is Now Accused of Criminal Conduct Toward a Student

Zach Neu - Wylie East's Dean of Students, the administrator who repeatedly blocked Marco Hunter-Lopez's Republican club, and a key figure in the controversy that ultimately led to congressional testimony - has been arrested on allegations of "inappropriate communications and other criminal conduct" involving a student.

Now, Neu has been scrubbed from the school's website as parents demand answers about what happened inside Wylie East High School.

(MUG SHOT BELOW)

🔺Today - June 4, 2026 - a Wylie East High School administrator was ARRESTED on allegations of "inappropriate communications and other criminal conduct" toward a student from the Class of 2026.

That's from the district's OWN letter to families. And he is the same administrator who spent over a YEAR making 16-year-old Marco Hunter-Lopez's life a battle.

Let me lay out exactly what this brave kid has endured - and exactly who failed him.

📌 As a FRESHMAN, Marco did everything right to start a Republican Student Club: 10 members, a teacher sponsor, a room. Every box checked. The Muslim Student Association and gender-ideology groups? Approved instantly. Marco's club? DENIED — for being "political in nature."

📌 Administrators claimed a "district policy." When Marco asked them to put it in writing, they couldn't — because it didn't exist. They finally admitted it was just "how they felt." It took a 14-year-old MONTHS of emails and relentless pushback just to get the same rights every other club already had.

📌 Even after approval, they came after him. Principals tore down his approved posters while he was out of town. He was pulled into the office, cornered, talked down to. His own FATHER had to create a guest-speaker form just to protect his son as a minor from the adults running the school.

📌 Then on Feb. 2, those same administrators stood by while an outside group set up an "Islam" booth at lunch — handing minors Shariah pamphlets, Qurans with conversion cards, and putting hijabs on non-Muslim girls. No parental consent. No intervention. The principal had publicly gushed about "loving" World Hijab Day. The double standard wasn't subtle — it was policy.

📌 Marco documented it. He told the truth. And for that, this CHILD started receiving DEATH THREATS. He had to stay home from school for his own safety. When his mom begged the principal to have teachers watch over him, the response was a cold "you can." That was their idea of protecting a threatened student.

📌 He carried all of this to the United States Congress and testified under oath. The principal was removed — and instead of apologizing to Marco or making a single thing right, the institution made ITSELF out to be the victim. The threats against him only escalated.

📌 And now? Zach Neu — a Wylie East administrator, one of six assistant principals, whose title was Dean of Students with authority over clubs and organizations — the man who oversaw and repeatedly denied Marco's club, who hauled this boy into his office and cornered him, now sits in custody on allegations involving a student.

And the principal who oversaw HIM? Tiffany Doolan — the one they removed. When she left that role, she never took an ounce of responsibility for how Marco was treated. Instead, the school recast her as the victim — not as the leader who failed a child on her watch.

The adults entrusted to protect these kids closed ranks to protect themselves, and now one of them is in custody over a student. Let that sink in.

Marco has been BEGGING for help and FIGHTING for over a year. A child. Most adults would have crumbled under a fraction of this. He stood tall every single time the people in power let him down.

@GregAbbott_TX @KenPaxtonTX - I am asking you both, publicly and directly: OPEN A FULL INVESTIGATION into Wylie East High School and Wylie ISD.

This is not one incident. It is a years-long pattern of the adults entrusted with our children failing them, silencing them, and endangering them. Texas kids are under threat, and these people keep looking the other way.

Enough. Investigate this school. Protect these children. Answer the boy who has been screaming for help.

And to the student who had the courage to come forward - thank you. Speaking out against an adult in a position of authority takes tremendous bravery, especially when you know the attention and scrutiny that can follow. No child should ever have to carry that burden alone. By coming forward, you may have protected other students from harm.

And to Marco - you are one of the bravest young leaders in America, and you are NOT alone. For more than a year, you refused to stay silent when the adults around you failed to do their jobs. You stood up when it would have been easier to walk away. We will never, ever back down.

#ProtectOurKids #Wylie #Texas

[Nigel Byrum @Bayrunner87]

“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things” - Marvin Heemeyer